2020 Campania regional election Turnout 55.54% ( 3.61%)
The 2020 Campanian regional election took place in Campania on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy .[ 1] [ 2]
Electoral system The Regional Council of Campania (Consiglio Regionale della Campania ) is composed of 50 members, elected in a party-list proportional representation system. The seats are divided among five constituencies corresponding to the region's provinces : Avellino with 4 seats, Benevento with 2 seats, Caserta with 8 seats, Naples with 27 seats, and Salerno with 9 seats. Regional councillors are selected from party lists at the constituency level, with an electoral threshold at 3%. An additional seat is reserved to the President-elect, who is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. A majority bonus of 60% is granted to the winning coalition.[ 3] [ 4]
Background In February 2020, the direction of the Democratic Party (PD) officially confirmed that the centre-left candidate for President of Campania would be the incumbent President Vincenzo De Luca .[ 5]
The centre-right coalition picked former President Stefano Caldoro , a member of Forza Italia (FI), as its candidate, after hypotheses of a League 's candidate or Mara Carfagna (FI ) were abandoned.[ 6] [ 7]
The Five Star Movement (M5S) discarded the idea of a coalition with the centre-left, and proposed its own candidate Valeria Ciarambino .[ 6] Previously, the M5S had proposed the incumbent Minister of Environment Sergio Costa as its candidate.[ 8]
Parties and candidates
^ 7.2 % of the vote to the "Caldoro for President" list, 2.4 % of the vote to UDC.
^ 2 seats to the "Caldoro for President" list, 2 seats to UDC.
Opinion polls
Candidates
Date
Polling firm/ Client
Sample size
De Luca
Caldoro
Ciarambino
Others
Undecided
Lead
21 Sep 2020
Opinio (exit poll)
–
54.0–58.0
23.0–27.0
10.5–14.5
–
–
31.0
1–4 Sep 2020
Ixè
1,000
54.4
26.9
15.0
3.7
23.7
27.5
29 Aug 2020
Ipsos
930
50.4
29.0
15.9
4.8
8.4
21.4
28 Aug–1 Sep 2020
SWG
1,000
51–55
29–33
11–15
—
26
18–26
27 Aug 2020
Tecnè
2,000
45–49
33–37
14–18
2–4
—
8–14
24 Aug–2 Sep 2020
Noto
—
46–50
34–38
11–15
1–5
—
8–14
3–4 Aug 2020
Tecnè
1,000
44.5
39.0
15.0
1.5
—
5.5
20–22 Jul 2020
Winpoll
1,002
58.6
28.9
9.9
2.6
21.0
29.7
25–26 Jun 2020
Winpoll Arcadia
800
65.4
21.9
10.9
—
—
43.5
24–25 Jun 2020
Noto
1,000
45.0
39.0
13.0
3.0
—
6.0
17–20 Dec 2019
Winpoll Arcadia
700
39.5
36.7
23.8
–
—
2.8
Hypothetical candidates
Date
Polling firm/ Client
Sample size
De Luca
Caldoro
Other CDX
Ciarambino
Costa
Others
Undecided
Lead
20 Dec–25 Dec 2019
Index
1,000
36.0
47.0
—
15.0
—
2.0
27.2
11.0
35.0
—
49.0 [ a]
14.0
—
2.0
25.9
14.0
12–15 Nov 2019
Noto [ b]
1,000
34.0
42.0
—
—
20.0
4.0
30.0
8.0
32.0
—
44.0 [ a]
—
22.0
2.0
25.8
12.0
34.0
—
42.0 [ c]
—
20.0
2.0
26.8
8.0
27 Sep 2019
Winpoll Arcadia
–
37.0
—
20.4[ d]
5.2
7.9
33.0[ e]
—
8.5
Parties
Date
Polling firm
Sample size
Centre-left
M5S
Centre-right
Others
Undecided
Lead
PD
IV
EV
DeP
+E
DL
Other
FI
Lega
FdI
Other
1–4 Sep 2020
Ixè
1,000
20.6
1.5
—
—
—
17.3
7.1
19.4
8.8
8.6
7.8
6.2
2.7
26.3
1.2
29 Aug 2020
Ipsos
930
19.2
12.0
12.2
4.1
17.2
14.0
3.3
10.2
1.0
2.7
14.5
2.0
28 Aug–1 Sep 2020
SWG
1,000
18.5–20.5
1.5–2.5
1.0–2.0
1.0–2.0
1.0–2.0
17.0–19.0
—
13.0–15.0
5.5–7.5
9.5–11.5
7.5–9.5
—
1.0–2.0
29.0
-0.5–3.5
20–22 Jul 2020
Winpoll
1,002
15.0
1.9
0.9
0.8
1.3
17.2
7.7
17.0
6.0
14.4
14.9
0.7
1.4
—
0.2
25–26 Jun 2020
Winpoll Arcadia
800
21.3
0.9
1.2
1.1
—
—
20.6
21.7
8.2
10.7
10.5
2.7
1.1
—
0.4
29–30 May 2020
Tecnè
1,000
21.7
2.4
0.9
2.7
2.3
—
1.7
24.3
14.1
15.3
12.4
—
2.2
—
2.6
17–20 Dec 2019
Winpoll Arcadia
700
22.7
2.5
2.1
2.6
2.4
—
1.2
26.2
9.7
18.8
8.8
—
3.0
—
3.5
30 Nov–2 Dec 2019
Index
1,000
16.0
3.0
2.0
—
—
5.0
8.0
15.0
14.0
17.0
11.0
4.0
5.0
17.2
1.0
12–15 Nov 2019
Noto [ a]
1,000
22.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
—
—
3.0
18.0
16.0
13.0
10.0
3.0
8.0
28.0
4.0
^ This poll was commissioned by a political party.
Results The election saw the victory of the centre-left candidate and incumbent President of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, who won almost 69.5% of the vote with more than 45% lead over the centre-right candidate Stefano Caldoro. The Five Star Movement candidate, Valeria Ciarambino, arrived third with less than 10% of the vote. The Democratic Party was the first party by number of votes, with 16.9% of preferences, followed by the list of De Luca and by the Five Star Movement.[ 9]
20–21 September 2020 Campanian regional election results
Candidates
Votes
%
Seats
Parties
Votes
%
Seats
Vincenzo De Luca
1,789,017
69.48
1
Democratic Party
398,490
16.90
8
De Luca for President
313,666
13.30
6
Italia Viva
173,870
7.37
4
Free Campania
122,367
5.19
2
Democratic Making – Populars
104,857
4.45
2
Us Campanians
102,652
4.35
2
Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – Moderates
84,769
3.60
2
Democratic Centre
76,141
3.23
2
Italian Socialist Party
60,100
2.55
1
More Campania in Europe
45,500
1.93
1
Green Europe – Solidary Democracy
42,996
1.82
1
Really – Animalist Party
33,681
1.43
1
For the People and the Community
26,452
1.12
–
Democrats and Progressives
25,254
1.07
–
Italian Republican Party
5,745
0.24
–
Total
1,616,540
68.57
32
Stefano Caldoro
464,921
18.06
1
Brothers of Italy
140,918
5.98
4
League
133,152
5.65
3
Forza Italia
121,695
5.16
2
Caldoro for President – Union of the Centre
45,326
1.92
1
Alliance of the Centre
6,432
0.27
–
Southern Identity – South Macroregion
3,333
0.14
–
Total
450,856
19.12
10
Valeria Ciarambino
255,714
9.93
–
Five Star Movement
233,974
9.92
7
Giuliano Granato
30,955
1.20
–
Power to the People
26,711
1.13
–
Luca Saltalamacchia
27,475
1.07
–
Terra
25,125
1.07
–
Sergio Angrisano
4,028
0.16
–
Third Pole
3,056
0.13
–
Giuseppe Cirillo
2,608
0.10
–
Party of Good Manners
1,348
0.06
–
Blank and invalid votes
199,386
7.19
Total candidates
2,574,718
100.00
2
Total parties
2,357,610
100.00
49
Registered voters/turnout
4,996,921
55.52
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results [permanent dead link ]
President
De Luca
69.48%
Caldoro
18.06%
Ciarambino
9.93%
Others
2.53%
Turnout
Elected councillors
Constituency
Party
Member
Salerno
PD
Francesco Picarone
DLP
Luca Cascone
M5S
Michele Cammarano
IV
Tommaso Pellegrino
FdI
Nunzio Carpentieri
Lega
Attilio Pierro
CL
Giovanni Savastano
FD–Pop
Corrado Matera
PSI
Andrea Volpe
Caserta
PD
Gennaro Oliviero
DLP
Giovanni Zannini
M5S
Salvatore Aversano
IV
Vincenzo Santangelo
FdI
Alfonso Piscitelli
Lega
Gianpiero Zinzi
FI
Massimo Grimaldi
NC
Luigia Maria Iodice
Avellino
PD
Maurizio Petracca
M5S
Vincenzo Ciampi
IV
Vincenzo Alaia
D–PA
Livio Petitto
Benevento
PD
Erasmo Mortaruolo
NC
Luigi Abbate
^ As elected President of the Region.
^ As runner-up candidate to President of the Region.
See also
References
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